<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/197495">A&amp;M 4157</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Thomas Brown, Collector, Slides of West Virginia Folk Musicians and Instruments, ca. 1970-1985 <num>A&amp;M 4157</num></titleproper><author>Staff of the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2015/11/16</date></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-06-18 13:36:02 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage><language encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Thomas Brown, Collector, Slides of West Virginia Folk Musicians and Instruments</unittitle>
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      <persname role="com" source="ingest">Brown, Thomas S.</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.13 Gigabytes</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1970/1985" type="inclusive">ca. 1970-1985</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_a9864be069738066f156e326e82282f0">Digital copies of color slides of West Virginia folk musicians taken by Thomas Brown. There are 85 items, most identified. Instruments include banjo, fiddle, guitar, and voice. Performers include Sherman Hammons, Sarah Singleton, Lee Tripplett, Melvin Wine, and Bill Williams, among others. A full file listing is available by viewing the Digital Material portion of this record below.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Thomas Brown, Collector, Slides of West Virginia Folk Musicians and Instruments, A&amp;M 4157, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>4157, 4159</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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    <subject source="ingest">Music and musicians. SEE ALSO Folk music</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Folk music. SEE ALSO Music and musicians.</subject>
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